Device for making lists by copying portions of documents in an integrated form

ABSTRACT

Device comprising replaceable holders for documents of which portions have to be copied in the form of an integrated list, an actuating frame, a base plate disposed under the frame, and links connecting the frame and the base plate. The document holders are mounted in recesses in both the frame and the base plate, with suitable spaces apart. When the frame is folded down and fixed onto the base plate, the documents inserted in the holders are brought into orderly arrangement, in an overlapping manner, each exposing a definite marginal index portion. Thus the original sheets or documents can be complied into a list which can then be subjected to a conventional copying operation.

United States Patent Yokoi Sept. 12, 1972 [541 DEVICE FOR MAKING LISTS BY COPYING PORTIONS OF DOCUMENTS IN AN INTEGRATED FORM [72] inventor: Junichi Yokoi, 1l-20, 2-chome, Wakehonmachi, 1 Higashi-Osaka, Japan 22 Filed: Oct. 6, 1969 21 Appl.No.: 863,980

[30] I Foreign Application Priority Data Oct. 5, 1968 Japan ..43/72696 [52] US. Cl. ..40/l04.04, 40/ 104.1 1, 40/ 104.12

[51] Int. Cl. ..B42f 15/00 [58] Field of Search.40ll02, 104.03, 104.04, 104.05,

[56] References Cited UNITED STATES PATENTS v Koch .40/ 1 02 1,359,990 11/1920 Higdon ..312/185 Primary Examiner-Robert W. Michell Assistant Examiner-L. R. Oremland Attorney-Tab T. Thein [5 7] ABSTRACT Device comprising replaceable holders for documents of which portions have to be copied in the form of an integrated list, an actuating frame, a base plate disposed under the frame, and links connecting the frame and the base plate. The document holders are mounted in recesses in both the frame and the base plate, with suitable spaces apart. When the frame is folded down and fixed onto the base plate, the documents inserted in the holders are brought into orderly arrangement, in an overlapping manner, each exposing a definite marginal index portion. Thus the original sheets or documents can be complied into a list which can then be subjected to a conventional copying operation.

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55 Toov 35: m i v 5 i\\\\ Ly 2 5 L\\\\\\\\ AGENT PATENTED 3E? 12 I972 SHEET '4 [IF 4 r v 1 v Y I INVENTOR. JUNiCHl YOKOI AGENT' 1 DEVICE FOR MAKING LISTS BY COPYING PORTIONS OF DOCUME TS IN AN INTEGRATED FORM The present invention relates to a device for making FIG. 3 shows an oblong example of an original sheet or document 4 to be copied with the inventive device,

' insertable in the holder 1, and having an index portion balances, ledgers, debit notes in trading firms, or cargo particulars in shipping firms, or for example lists of voters in a constituency in government and public offices, numer'ous documents had so far to be transcribed by handwriting. However such a conventional method is disadvantageous in that it requires long time, and the lists obtained are not always free of errors.

An object of the present invention is to provide a device for making lists by copying portions of documents in an integrated form, by which lists can be made quickly, free of errors and in a simple operation. T The present invention will hereinafter be described with reference .to the accompanying drawings, in which FIG. -I is a perspective view of a document holder in the inventive device;

.FIG. 2is a side elevation of the document holder of FIG. I; I

FIG. 31 is a plan. view of anexample of an original. sheet or document to be copied by means of the inventive device;

FIG. 4is a plan-view of an actuating-frame for the device;

FIG. 5 is a front view of the frame, partly in section, along line 5 5 of FIG. 4;

FIG. '6 is a plan view of an axial wire s pporter for the device;

FIG; 7 is an enlarged perspective view showing part of the wire supporter of FIG. 6; I

, FIG. 8 is -a, perspective view of'a base plate of the device; I l

FIG. 9 is a front viewshowing the assembled device of the invention; l

FIG. 10 'is a fragmentary front view on an enlarged scale showing a portion of FIG. 9; v

FIG. 11 is a partial perspective view showing the actuating frame of FIGS. 4 and 5;

FIG. 12 is a perspective view showing a wire document clamp for the device;

FIG. 13' is a perspective view showing certain parts of FIGS. 4., 6 and 8 as they are assembled;

FIG. 14 is a view showing the document holders and an auxiliary document table as they are mounted on the actuating frame; and

, FIG. 15 is a front view,'similar to FIG. 9 but showing the complete device of the present invention as the actuating frame is pushed up and the document holders are in upright position.

Referring to FIGS.. l and 2, there is shown a generally oblong document holder 1 for the inventive device, provided with axial or lengthwise wires 2 along its opposite upper and lowerlonger edges, the latter relative to a holder tongue 3, The tongue is formed by bending the lower edge portion of the sheet material of which the holder 1 is made, the tongue 3 thus being adapted to be opened or closed with respect to the holder 1. In order to-ensure opening or closing, appropriate means, e.g., a spring (not shown), may be provided between the folded portions.

5 which will serve as a constituent part of the list to be prepared with the device. It will be understood that the holders 1 of the device are somewhat larger in their overall dimensions than the documents to be accommodated, for ex. as shown at-4, in their areas above the tongues 3 behind which the documents are inserted for copying the index portions 5 thereof.

As shown in FIGS. 4 to 8, an actuating frame 6 is fitted with lengthwise wire supporters 7 provided with a suitable number of recessed portions 8 for receiving the wires 2 of a number of document holders 1 as will be explained later in more detail. In recessed grooves 8' on the opposite sides of a base plate 9 are also inserted wire supporters 7'.

Instead of providing supporters 7, -7' both on the frame 6 and the base plate 9, the recessed portions 8, 8' for receiving the wires 2 may also be formed directly in the frame 6 and the base plate 9.. a v

The frame 6 and the base plate 9 are connected in the assembled device by means of links 10 having stop members 11 (see FIGS. .9 and 10). On one end of the base plate-9 are provided hooks 12 having catches 13 to be engaged with arecessed groove (notshown) in the lower portion of the actuating frame 6.

It will be seen in FIGS. 11 to'lS (but omitted from FIGS. 4, 5, 9) that onopposite sides of the actuating frame 6 are mounted-document clamps 14, each integrally made of wire and including a holding portion 15, a stopping portion 16, springs 17 having pressing members 18, and holding members 19. To a position where the portion 16 is located, a plate spring 20 is secured on the frame 6.

The recessed portions 8 of the frame 6 are positioned above the upwardly directed recessed portions 8 of the base plate 9 so as to face-the latter. The document holders l aremounted between the upper and the lower recessed portions 8, 8' with a suitable sideways distance apart. On one of the terminal portions of the frame6 is inserted, in the opposite side thereof, an auxiliary document table 21 (shown in FIG. l4),'and also provided with lengthwise wires 2. A space is provided in frame 6 for attaching the table 21 therein.

To use the present device, the holding portions 15 of the document clamps 14 are lifted to allow the stopping portions 16 to engage with the plate springs 20, and the document clamps 14 are then opened. When the actuating frame 6 is pushed forward while being lifted upward from the base plate 9, the frame 6 is held at a predetermined angle by the stop members 11 attached to the links 10, and the respective document holders 1 which have been mounted between the base plate 9 and the actuating frame 6 are brought to an upright position at a definite angle, with the holder tongues 3 opened, as shown in FIG. 15.

In this position, when the desired original sheets or documents 4 are respectively inserted in the holders 1 as if by dropping therein, they are retained by the tongues 3 formed in the lower portion of each holder 1; The frame 6 is then drawn backward while depressing the same. The original documents 4 are now arranged in an overlapping manner, each exposing the index portion 5 with a suitable space apart from one another. In

document table 21 or in a suitable position, the sheets 4 and the auxiliary document on table 21 are compiled into a list in an integrated manner, and securely held together at the same time.

The inventive device is then turned upside down and set on the exposing surface (usually a glass plate or window) of a conventional copying machine. Thereafter copying can be carried out in the usual manner.

The advantages of the present invention will be described with respect to the copying operation. As compared with the conventional method in which lists are made by manual transcription, the operation with the inventive device can be carried out readily even by unskilled people. In addition, by mounting the wires 2 of the document holders 1 in the recessed portions 8, 8 at desired positions on the wire supporters 7, 7, the index areas of the documents 4 can be enlarged, reducedor copied without change in size, according to the prevailing requirements.

' Shoulda document holder 1 become damaged, replacement can be made very easily. An entirely different list can be obtained from the same original sheets or documents 4 by properly regrouping the same, as will be understood by those skilled in the art. With these various advantages, the present invention ensures improvements in efficiency of clerical work and a substantial reduction of labor costs.

What I claim is:

l. A device for making a list by copying portions, such as index areas, of oblong documents in an integrated form, comprising in combination replaceable oblong holders somewhat larger than the documents to be accommodated, said holders having tongues at one of the longer edges thereof for receiving the documents of which the index areas are to be copied, said tongues having substantially the same length as said holders, lengthwise wires respectively attached to portions of said holders along their longer edges, said wires being substantially parallel with each other and with said tongues, an actuating frame having two parallel sides and a plurality of opposed recessed portions in each of said sides, for receiving therein some of said wires to mount said holders in any desirable spaced-apart relation, a base plate disposed in facing relationship with said actuating frame, said base plate having two parallel sides and a plurality of opposed recessed portions in each of said sides, for receiving therein others of said wires, parallel-motion link means pivotally connected to said frame and said base plate, and stop means for said link means, associated with said base plate, so that said frame may be raised and folded down, in continuous parallel planar relationship with said base plate, for purposes of manually inserting, copying and removing the documents, wherein the respective recessed portions of the frame and of the base plate have substantially the same spacing to allow said holders to be selectively inserted by way of their respective wires in each consecutive, in each second, in each third recessed portion, and so on, as the case may be, was selectively to expose a wide range of widths of said index areas of the documents when said frame is folded down onto said base late for co in aidi dex reas.

2. The device 2 de med i n claim 1, further comprising at least one hook means fixed to said base plate for engaging a portion of said frame and holding the same in a substantially coplanar, aligned position with respect to said base plate when said frame is folded down.

3. The device as defined in claim 1, further comprising means associated with said holders for opening and closing said tongues.

4. The device as defined in claim 1, further comprising lengthwise wire supporters fixed to said sides of the frame, and other wire supporters fixed to said sides of the base plate, for forming therein the respective recessed portions.

5. The device as defined in claim 1, further comprising an auxiliary document table adapted to be attached to said frame in a space formed in the latter, for receiving another document to be copied, in a manner similar to that of said holders.

6. The device as defined in claim 1, further comprising at least one document clamp adapted for cooperation with said frame, and means for securing said clamp to said frame.

7. The device as defined in claim 6, wherein said clamp is made from wire, with a holding portion for manual actuation before insertion and removal of the documents in the associated holders, and a stopping portion for operative engagement with said securing means.

8. The device as defined in claim 6, wherein said securing means include holding members attached to said frame, and spring means interposed between said clamp and said members.

9. The device as defined in claim 8, wherein said securing means further include pressing members cooperating with said spring means, and further comprising plate springs secured to said frame for operatively engaging portions of said clamp.

10. The device as defined in claim 1, wherein said link-means is constituted by two pairs of links pivotally attachable to said frame and said base plate.

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1. A device for making a list by copying portions, such as index areas, of oblong documents in an integrated form, comprising in combination replaceable oblong holders somewhat larger than the documents to be accommodated, said holders having tongues at one of the longer edges thereof for receiving the documents of which the index areas are to be copied, said tongues having substantially the same length as said holders, lengthwise wires respectively attached to portions of said holders along their longer edges, said wires being substantially parallel with each other and with said tongues, an actuating frame having two parallel sides and a plurality of opposed recessed portions in each of said sides, for receiving therein some of said wires to mount said holders in any desirable spaced-apart relation, a base plate disposed in facing relationship with said actuating frame, said base plate having two parallel sides and a plurality of opposed recessed portions in each of said sides, for receiving therein others of said wires, parallel-motion link means pivotally connected to said frame and said base plate, and stop means for said link means, associated with said base plate, so that said frame may be raised and folded down, in continuous parallel planar relationship with said base plate, for purposes of manually inserting, copying and removing the documents, wherein the respective recessed portions of the frame and of the base plate have substantially the same spacing to allow said holders to be selectively inserted by way of their respective wires in each consecutive, in each second, in each third recessed portion, and so on, as the case may be, so as selectively to expose a wide range of widths of said index areas of the documents when said frame is folded down onto said base plate for copying said index areas.
 2. The device as defined in claim 1, further comprising at least one hook means fixed to said base plate for engaging a portion of said frame and holding the same in a substantially coplanar, aligned position with respect to said base plate when said frame is folded down.
 3. The device as defined in claim 1, further comprising means associated with said holders for opening and closing said tongues.
 4. The device as defined in claim 1, further comprising lengthwise wire supporters fixed to said sides of the frame, and other wire supporters fixed to said sides of the base plate, for forming therein the respective recessed portions.
 5. The device as defined in claim 1, further comprising an auxiliary document table adapted to be attached to said frame in a space formed in the latter, for receiving another document to be copied, in a manner similar to that of said holders.
 6. The device as defined in claim 1, further comprising at least one document clamp adapted for coOperation with said frame, and means for securing said clamp to said frame.
 7. The device as defined in claim 6, wherein said clamp is made from wire, with a holding portion for manual actuation before insertion and removal of the documents in the associated holders, and a stopping portion for operative engagement with said securing means.
 8. The device as defined in claim 6, wherein said securing means include holding members attached to said frame, and spring means interposed between said clamp and said members.
 9. The device as defined in claim 8, wherein said securing means further include pressing members cooperating with said spring means, and further comprising plate springs secured to said frame for operatively engaging portions of said clamp.
 10. The device as defined in claim 1, wherein said link means is constituted by two pairs of links pivotally attachable to said frame and said base plate. 